This story is about the flow of fate and the battle to keep the world on the right path. Aladdin is a boy who has set out to explore the world after being trapped in a room for most of his life. His best friend is a flute with a djinn in it named Ugo. Soon enough, Aladdin discovers he is a Magi, a magician who chooses kings, and he was born to choose kings who will follow the righteous path, battling against those who want to destroy fate. Follow his adventures as he meets others from "One Thousand and One Nights", like Ali Baba and Sinbad, and fights to keep the balance of world in check!

I love this series <3 I just started reading the manga because I was watching the anime first (yay season 2 soon!!). But after reading the first volume, yea, I think the manga is better than the anime.
I don't really like reading manga online/ereader so I have to wait for the books to come out. Waiting for volume 2. Wish they were coming out faster

Really? We don't have a Magi thread? o.O
Whoa, this is shocking to say the least! I should check because I just can't believe it.
Anyway, I see in the comments that not everyone is caught up to chapter 199 so I'll use spoilers.

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I hadn't realize how much I wanted AliMor to happen until now that the possibility seems to be thrown aside for good. :(

So is the manga completely different from the anime? Read through the first chapter and didn't really recognize the story.

No, but the anime rushed the hell out of the story so they skipped a lot of the plot and shortened whatever they kept from it. The anime ended up condensing whole volumes in just each two episodes.
Also, the ending of the first season is completely different. The anime did change a lot of things from the manga.

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Alibaba being bitten by the snake and falling to depravity and a black rukh djin full equip pissed me off to no end. That never happened in the manga. =_=

So Excited for the new season . It's nice to know that the anime doesn't follow the manga exactly which made me order the first 3 that are available. Soon I will have the volume 1 in my grasp . But unfortunately while I wait I'll be like .